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December 11, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Supply Chain Visibility: A Critical Strategy to Optimize Cost and Service

Manufacturing: Honda Must Focus on Manufacturing Excellence, not Just Product Excellence, Its President Says

Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain Digest Cartoon Caption Contests Anticipated Amazon Drones, Parodies

Distribution and Material Handling: Highlights from the 18th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study Part 2

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: G6 Alliance Carriers to Expand Network to Compete with P3, as Container Shipping Industry Chess Match Gets Interesting

RFID and Auto ID: Sudden JC Penney Retreat from RFID Led to Rash of Store Thefts

Sourcing and Procurement: The Timeless Procurement Challenge of Supplier Price versus Cost

Transportation: New Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Rules Dramatically Paring Back Number of Freight Brokerage Firms, but Impact on Shippers Likely to be Modest a Best

Green Supply Chain: Growing Number of Companies Using Internal Price for Carbon Emissions, though Extent to which This Impacts Business Decisions Still Unclear

Research and Insight: New Research on Automated Case Picking in Distribution

Last Chance! Cartoon Caption Contest for Nov. 12, 2013

Every other week, we'll post a cartoon and ask for witty/humorous captions from our readers. The winning entry will be published the following week. The newest cartoon will be posted on the SCDigest home page every other Monday and in that week's newsletter (usually emailed on Thursdays)

Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
Dec. 12, 2013.

Winner announced in Dec. 13th SCDigest Newsletter
May the funniest man or woman win!
Have an idea for a cartoon? We would love that too, and will give you the credit.

Featured Story: Honda Must Focus on Manufacturing Excellence, not Just Product Excellence, Its President Says

New Honda Factory in Japan Makes Broad Use of Robotics, Shaves 40 Minutes off Assembly Times; A Testing Lab for Factories Worldwide

Lower Cost US Factories Threat to Jobs Back Home; UAW Loves the Idea, but will the Workera Agree?

Featured Story: Supply Chain Digest Cartoon Caption Contests Anticipated Amazon Drones, Parodies

We are Taking Victory Lap after Our Cartoons Featured Delivery Drones and Rockets Well Ahead of Current Attention

If You Don’t Set your Inventory Buffers Correctly, it Will Increase Other Costs

Important Research

Seventh Annual Gartner-SCDigest Supply Chain Study

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Featured Story: Highlights from the 18th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study Part 2

Big Data and Logistics; New Talent for the New Normal; Profiting from Global Trade Management

Satisfaction of Shippers Continues to Rise, as Spend with Outsourcers Heads North; IT Gap Still There, but is Slowly Closing

Featured Story: G6 Alliance Carriers to Expand Network to Compete with P3, as Container Shipping Industry Chess Match Gets Interesting

P3 Alliance Operating as if It has Already Achieved Regulator Approval, Federal Maritime Commissioner Says

Timing and Level of GRI Announcements are Amazingly Similar Across Euro Carriers, Alphaliner Finds

Outstanding Videocast Rebroadcast

Crate and Barrel's Holistic Supply Chain
and the Role of Supply Chain Visibility

Creating Global Supply Chain Excellence

Featuring Virginia Thompson, Senior Director of Import/Export at Crate and Barrel

See Videocast Preview on Registration Page

Featured Story: JC Penney Retreat from RFID Led to Rash of Store Thefts

EAS Tags were Dropped in Favor of RFID - but then that Program Also Was Largely Abandoned; a $28+ Million Mistake

The Time of Year that Businesses Really Appreciate The Value of Voice Technology Solutions

Featured Story: The Timeless Procurement Challenge of Supplier Price versus Cost

Need to Understand Cost Drivers at Suppliers, and Manage for Total Supply Chain Costs

Philips CPO Cuts Procurement Fat; Characteristics of Successful Procurement Managers; Milliken Adopts Cloud-Based Direct Materials Tool

Featured Story: New Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Rules Dramatically Paring Back Number of Freight Brokerage Firms, but Impact on Shippers Likely to be Modest at Best

Registered Brokers Numbers May be Cut in Half, to 10,000 or So, but Currently Active Ones Likely to Stay in Business or Become Agents for Larger Firms

Bezos Makes Announcement on 60 Minutes; Could be Ready as Early as 2015; We Have the Video; Can Safety Issues Ever be Resolved?

Featured Story: Growing Number of Companies Using Internal Price for Carbon Emissions, though Extent to which This Impacts Business Decisions Still Unclear

Carbon Disclosure Project Says 29 Major Companies Assigning Cost for Carbon, but Price Levels, Actual Decision Impact Seem to Vary Substantially; Placing Your Bets

In the End, It is Always about the Money, Isn't itt? Historical Responsibility for Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Featured Story: New Research on Automated Case Picking in Distribution

Be Part of Our Survey to Identify Obstacles and Opportunities in the Rapidly Developing Area of Logistics

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.